The legendary 3dfx Voodoo is back in FPGA form

Voodoo graphics accelerators are likely to remain a key part of retro modding projects and gaming ventures for years to come.
Semiconductor Engineering

Programmable Chips Evolve For Shifting Needs

ICs and SoCs are utilizing a range of processing elements that allow them to optimize current workloads while hedging their bets for the future. What used to be a simple choice between an ASIC, FPGA, ...
Semiconductor Engineering

FPGAs Find New Workloads In The High-Speed AI Era

FPGAs are finding new applications in the age of artificial intelligence, high-speed wireless communications, medical and life science technology, and in complex chip architectures where they can ...
EurekAlert!

First 2D semiconductor FPGA achieves wafer-scale integration

The global integrated circuit (IC) industry is confronting the physical limitations of Moore's Law. Atomic-layer-thick two-dimensional (2D) semiconductors, such as Molybdenum Disulfide (MoS2), are ...
IEEE

Field-Programmable Gate Array Architecture for Deep Learning: Survey and Future Directions

Abstract: Deep learning (DL) is becoming the cornerstone of numerous applications both in large-scale datacenters and at the edge. Specialized hardware is often necessary to meet the performance ...
Automation

How FPGAs Are Powering the Next Generation of Smart Robots

As businesses begin demand more from their robotic assistants, these systems are getting harder to design. They need the support of Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs). Autonomous robots have been ...
Reuters

IBM says conventional AMD chips can run quantum computing error correction algorithm

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct 24 (Reuters) - IBM (IBM.N), opens new tab said on Friday it can run a key quantum computing error correction algorithm on commonly available chips ...
IEEE

Single-Event Latch-Up Characteristics of 16-nm FinFET SRAM-Based Field-Programmable Gate Array Under Single-Photon Absorption Laser Testing

Abstract: This study investigates the impact of single-event latch-up (SEL), including traditional SEL, micro-SEL, and nonstationary SEL, on 16-nm fin field-effect transistor (FinFET) ...